Cluttered has it right, it was used to serve ice water, no mystery... Will post a catalog image of similar in a bit. Please let us know if you...
Hi Greg, they're still a division of Lenox, along with Dansk and Kate Spade: https://www.reedandbarton.com/pages/contact-us Can remember when...
Agree that it was unlikely that it ever had a 'pattern name' - ran through the R&B patents in my files, didn't find it, but those long legs are an...
Sorry, didn't see the alert - I don't have any Reed &Barton catalogs this old, but this item is an 'ice urn', circa 1880s (could be a bit earlier...
Having a hard time with the upscale Spaulding & Co. retailing any 'OVB' pieces that were produced for Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett to retail -...
'PLASTO' - Made in Austria... ~Cheryl
Ummm, not a pomander - it's a button and toggle: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O296218/button-unknown/...
Still fuzzy to my old eyes (not helped by the scratched glass), but looks to me more like a piece of wood than bone. Would think that if a...
Geez, my eyesight is just so bad anymore - is that something three-dimensional in the center? ~Cheryl
Okay, have to ask - how did you know that they tasted like worms? Mine was beef liver, left alone at the table until I finished it - eventually...
Eh, I live in the U.S. and I've known them as as Travellers or Irish Gypsies as long as I can remember... ~Cheryl
Here's a sterling chain from a Latvian seller that appears to have the same mark:...
Travellers have been stealing and defrauding people here in the U.S. since the 19th century. If you've had someone offering to do some...
Early 1990s+: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=lv&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prove.lv%2Fabout%2Fzim.php&sandbox=1...
Believe that's a fairly recent Latvian mark... ~Cheryl
Researching a piece of jewelry I'm considering, and ran across this 1876 British catalog page in Flower's 'Victorian Jewellery' (1951): [ATTACH]...
Perhaps we could have some more pictures, along with a description of what you see, having the piece in hand? Are the claws set firmly against...
Hmmm, see that Janetjohn's link to NobelAntik shows the 'u' under 'M' as 1959... ~Cheryl
Nothing wrong with the mark - looks like she was designed in 1928, the 'u' under the 'M' indicates production in 1962:...
Have seen similar rings set with pearls and turquoise, as well as other gems, in catalogs into the early 20th century - would guess rather than a...
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